Ed Rakow

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: May 30, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: August 26, 2000 in West Palm Beach, FL

Debut: April 22, 1960 (Age 24-328d, 11,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1967 (Age 32-121d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Edward Charles Rakow

Nicknames: Rock

Pronunciation: \ROCK-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

4.33

195

761.1

484

WHIP

1.412

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 88 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 33 go ahead

4 Tms
KCA	63
DET	16
LAD	5
ATL	4

Platoon
vs RHB	50
vs LHB	38

Home/Road
Home	44
Away	44

Outs
0	33
1	31
2	24

14 Opps
CLE	12
BAL	12
BOS	10
DET	9
CHW	8
WSA	7
NYY	7
MIN	6
LAA	5
STL	4
KCA	3
CHC	3
PHI	1
LAD	1

67 Batters
Norm Cash	4
Willie Kirkland	3
Jim Gentile	3
Dave Nicholson	2
Jackie Brandt	2
Bill Bruton	2
Jim Landis	2
Boog Powell	2
Mickey Mantle	2
Tony Conigliaro	2
Woodie Held	2
Lou Clinton	2
Max Alvis	2
Marv Throneberry	2
Earl Battey	2
Roger Maris	2
John Romano	2
Bobo Osborne	1
Tom Tresh	1
Rocky Colavito	1
Bob Johnson	1
Don Buford	1
Phil Gagliano	1
Al Kaline	1
Jake Wood	1
Sherm Lollar	1
Mike Shannon	1
Bobby Knoop	1
John Kennedy	1
Dan Dobbek	1
Ed Charles	1
Frank Thomas	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Eddie Bressoud	1
Harmon Killebrew	1
Chuck Hinton	1
Gary Geiger	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Jim King	1
Pete Ward	1
Charlie Maxwell	1
Don Mincher	1
Jimmie Coker	1
Joe Adcock	1
Pumpsie Green	1
Chuck Essegian	1
Ken Hunt	1
Nellie Fox	1
Johnny Blanchard	1
Félix Mantilla	1
Jim Fregosi	1
Bob Tillman	1
Ernie Banks	1
Valmy Thomas	1
Marv Breeding	1
Bob Allison	1
Héctor López	1
Daryl Spencer	1
Al Ferrara	1
Ken Retzer	1
Jerry Adair	1
Billy Williams	1
Dale Long	1
Chuck Schilling	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Lee Thomas	1
Walt Bond	1

16 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	33
Tiger Stad (DET)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	8
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
LA Coliseum (LOS)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	1
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1

Where Hit
9	31
7	29
8	5
78	4
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	56
1--	9
1-3	6
123	4
-23	4
-2-	4
12-	3
--3	2

141 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	56
1 on	15
2 on	13
3 on	4
Any on	32

Inning
1	9
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	13
6	13
7	14
8	4
9	5

1-3	29
4-6	36
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	9
+1	12
Tied	29
-1	9
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	12

Ahead	29
Tied	29
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	18
1B	13
CF	13
C	9
LF	9
3B	9
2B	8
SS	8
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	19
6th	16
3rd	13
4th	13
8th	8
2nd	8
7th	7
1st	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1960-04-22	Daryl Spencer	STL		LAD	ahead 10-7	b 8	0	---	1	6	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1960-05-08	Jimmie Coker	PHI	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1-3	3	7	2	25%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Bouchee Scores; K. Walters Scores
3	3	3	1	1960-06-03	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	LAD	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	3	6	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1960-06-05	Frank Thomas	CHC	@	LAD	ahead 7-4	t 7	0	---	1	5	5	5%	94%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball)
5	5	5	1	1960-10-02	Billy Williams	CHC	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1961-05-19	Dan Dobbek	MIN		KCA	tied 0-0	b 3	1	123	4	3	7	22%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Gardner Scores; J. Kralick Scores/unER; L. Green Scores
7	7	2	2	1961-05-19	Don Mincher	MIN		KCA	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	6	3	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Allison Scores/unER; D. Mincher Scores/unER
8	8	3	1	1961-06-11 (2)	Willie Kirkland	CLE		KCA	tied 1-1	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	9	23%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Power Scores/unER
9	9	4	1	1961-06-27 (1)	Marv Throneberry	BAL	@	KCA	tied 3-3	t 5	1	---	1	5	9	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
10	10	5	2	1961-06-27 (1)	Marv Throneberry	BAL	@	KCA	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	1	5	9	14%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
11	11	6	1	1961-07-07 (1)	Jim Gentile	BAL		KCA	tied 2-2	b 6	1	123	4	8	PH	24%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Hansen Scores; W. Herzog Scores; H. Foiles Scores
12	12	7	1	1961-07-14 (1)	Dale Long	WSA		KCA	behind 1-8	b 8	1	-2-	2	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Klaus Scores
13	13	8	1	1961-07-18	Sherm Lollar	CHW		KCA	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1961-08-07	Jackie Brandt	BAL		KCA	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	--3	2	3	8	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); M. Breeding Scores
15	15	10	1	1961-09-02	Ken Hunt	LAA		KCA	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	8	12%	43%		Home Run (Deep CF)
16	16	11	1	1961-09-05 (2)	Lee Thomas	LAA	@	KCA	behind 5-9	t 6	1	123	4	2	3	30%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Koppe Scores; T. Satriano Scores; A. Pearson Scores/unER
17	17	12	1	1961-09-09	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	KCA	tied 4-4	t 7	1	---	1	3	3	21%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	13	1	1961-09-19 (2)	Valmy Thomas	CLE		KCA	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	7%	92%		Home Run
19	19	14	1	1961-09-27	Norm Cash	DET	@	KCA	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	1-3	3	5	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bruton Scores/unER; B. Morton Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1962-04-15	Jim Landis	CHW	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	10%	60%		Home Run
21	21	2	2	1962-04-15	Jim Landis	CHW	@	KCA	tied 3-3	t 6	0	-23	3	5	8	16%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF); A. Smith Scores; F. Robinson Scores
22	22	3	1	1962-04-22 (1)	Nellie Fox	CHW		KCA	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	2	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	4	1	1962-04-27	Jim Gentile	BAL	@	KCA	behind 0-6	t 4	1	1-3	3	4	3	9%	16%		Home Run; W. Herzog Scores; B. Powell Scores
24	24	5	1	1962-05-03	Norm Cash	DET	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bruton Scores
25	25	6	2	1962-05-03	Bill Bruton	DET	@	KCA	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---	1	2	8	15%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	7	1	1962-05-09	Brooks Robinson	BAL		KCA	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	123	4	3	5	18%	92%		Home Run; M. Pappas Scores; J. Temple Scores; W. Herzog Scores
27	27	8	1	1962-05-15	Willie Kirkland	CLE		KCA	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	9	10%	30%		Home Run
28	28	9	2	1962-05-15	John Romano	CLE		KCA	behind 2-4	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	12%	42%		Home Run
29	29	10	3	1962-05-15	Chuck Essegian	CLE		KCA	behind 3-4	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	17%	51%		Home Run
30	30	11	1	1962-05-30 (1)	Ken Retzer	WSA	@	KCA	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	2	22%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Bright Scores; C. Hinton Scores
31	31	12	1	1962-07-02	Roger Maris	NYY		KCA	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	13	2	1962-07-02	Héctor López	NYY		KCA	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2	5	7	14%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
33	33	14	3	1962-07-02	Mickey Mantle	NYY		KCA	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	9	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	15	1	1962-07-06	Bob Johnson	WSA	@	KCA	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	--3	2	7	5	12%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Hinton Scores
35	35	16	2	1962-07-06	Chuck Hinton	WSA	@	KCA	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	5	8	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	17	1	1962-07-12 (2)	Lou Clinton	BOS	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	11%	57%		Home Run
37	37	18	2	1962-07-12 (2)	Lou Clinton	BOS	@	KCA	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	14%	64%		Home Run
38	38	19	1	1962-07-17	Marv Breeding	BAL	@	KCA	tied 2-2	t 7	2	---	1	7	4	22%	65%		Home Run
39	39	20	1	1962-07-22	Jake Wood	DET	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	21	2	1962-07-22	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	KCA	behind 1-9	t 6	1	---	1	2	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	22	1	1962-07-28 (1)	Boog Powell	BAL		KCA	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	7	12%	63%		Home Run
42	42	23	2	1962-07-28 (1)	Jerry Adair	BAL		KCA	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	6	17%	81%		Home Run; C. Lau Scores/unER; J. Adair Scores/unER
43	43	24	1	1962-08-02	Al Kaline	DET		KCA	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	2	3	9	19%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bruton Scores
44	44	25	1	1962-08-20	Roger Maris	NYY	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3	3	9	17%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Tresh Scores; B. Richardson Scores
45	45	26	1	1962-09-04	Pumpsie Green	BOS		KCA	behind 1-7	b 9	0	---	1	9	6	0%	1%		Home Run
46	46	27	1	1962-09-09	Willie Kirkland	CLE		KCA	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	7%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	28	2	1962-09-09	Woodie Held	CLE		KCA	behind 5-6	b 3	2	---	1	6	6	13%	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	29	1	1962-09-15 (1)	Dave Nicholson	BAL	@	KCA	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	33%	50%		Home Run
49	49	30	1	1962-09-19	Walt Bond	CLE	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	17%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cline Scores
50	50	31	2	1962-09-19	John Romano	CLE	@	KCA	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	1	5	2	8%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1963-04-18	Dave Nicholson	CHW		KCA	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	7	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	2	1	1963-04-23	Norm Cash	DET	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	3	1	1963-04-28	Bobo Osborne	WSA		KCA	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	5	3	25%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	4	1	1963-05-14	Max Alvis	CLE		KCA	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	1	8	5	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	5	1	1963-05-19 (2)	Chuck Schilling	BOS		KCA	behind 3-9	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	3%	6%		Home Run
56	56	6	2	1963-05-19 (2)	Gary Geiger	BOS		KCA	behind 4-9	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	4%	11%		Home Run
57	57	7	1	1963-06-04	Earl Battey	MIN	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
58	58	8	2	1963-06-04	Bob Allison	MIN	@	KCA	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	9	18%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Power Scores; H. Killebrew Scores
59	59	9	1	1963-06-09	Pete Ward	CHW	@	KCA	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	3	5	12%	82%		Home Run
60	60	10	1	1963-06-14	Charlie Maxwell	CHW		KCA	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	5	7	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	11	1	1963-06-19 (1)	Jim Fregosi	LAA		KCA	behind 1-2	b 9	1	-23	3	1	6	48%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Koppe Scores; H. Foiles Scores
62	62	12	1	1963-06-24	Bill Bruton	DET	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	13	1	1963-07-06	Norm Cash	DET		KCA	behind 0-2	b 3	2	-23	3	5	3	31%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Brown Scores; R. Colavito Scores
64	64	14	1	1963-07-14 (1)	Johnny Blanchard	NYY	@	KCA	behind 1-4	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	8%	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
65	65	15	1	1963-08-17	Jackie Brandt	BAL	@	KCA	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	5	9	23%	85%		Home Run; R. Snyder Scores; B. Powell Scores
66	66	16	1	1963-08-22	Jim King	WSA	@	KCA	behind 0-6	t 6	2	---	1	2	9	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	17	1	1963-08-27	Boog Powell	BAL		KCA	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	25%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	18	1	1963-09-11	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	8	19%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Richardson Scores; J. Pepitone Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1964-04-30	Jim Gentile	KCA		DET	ahead 6-1	b 5	1	---	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	2	1	1964-05-03	Tony Conigliaro	BOS		DET	ahead 4-2	b 3	2	---	1	7	8	8%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	3	1	1964-05-16	Max Alvis	CLE	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	5	19%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	4	2	1964-05-16	Woodie Held	CLE	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	1	8	8	12%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
73	73	5	1	1964-05-20	John Kennedy	WSA		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	6	1	1964-05-31 (2)	Don Buford	CHW	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	12-	3	2	4	18%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Peters Scores; M. Hershberger Scores
75	75	7	1	1964-06-11	Earl Battey	MIN	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1--	2	7	2	15%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Allison Scores
76	76	8	1	1964-06-14 (1)	Bobby Knoop	LAA	@	DET	behind 2-3	t 4	1	1--	2	8	4	24%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Torres Scores
77	77	9	2	1964-06-14 (1)	Joe Adcock	LAA	@	DET	tied 4-4	t 7	2	---	1	5	3	23%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	10	1	1964-06-18	Ed Charles	KCA	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	11	1	1964-06-24	Rocky Colavito	KCA		DET	behind 1-5	b 4	0	-23	3	4	9	16%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Williams Scores; E. Charles Scores
80	80	12	1	1964-07-22	Eddie Bressoud	BOS		DET	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	7	6	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	13	2	1964-07-22	Bob Tillman	BOS		DET	behind 3-6	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	14	1	1964-09-30 (2)	Tom Tresh	NYY		DET	ahead 9-7	b 8	1	1--	2	6	7	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Howard Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1965-05-14	Félix Mantilla	BOS		DET	tied 5-5	b 5	1	---	1	6	4	16%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
84	84	2	1	1965-05-16 (2)	Tony Conigliaro	BOS		DET	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1	4	9	5%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
85	85	1	1	1967-07-23 (2)	Mike Shannon	STL		ATL	behind 0-3	b 5	1	1--	2	6	5	19%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. McCarver Scores
86	86	2	2	1967-07-23 (2)	Phil Gagliano	STL		ATL	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	1	7	4	18%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
87	87	3	1	1967-07-28	Orlando Cepeda	STL	@	ATL	ahead 6-1	t 6	2	1--	2	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Flood Scores
88	88	4	1	1967-09-01	Al Ferrara	LAD	@	ATL	tied 4-4	t 5	1	---	1	4	9	17%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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